Club Hotel Loutraki and Others v Commission: ECJ 21 Dec 2016

ECJ Judgment – Appeal – State aid – Operation of Video Lottery Terminals – Grant by a Member State of an exclusive licence – Decision finding no State aid – Article 108(3) TFEU – Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 – Articles 4, 7 and 13 – Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure – Concept of ‘serious difficulties’ – Date of the assessment – Article 296 TFEU – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 41 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 47 – Right to effective judicial protection – Article 107(1) TFEU – Concept of ‘economic advantage’ – Joint assessment of the measures notified

C-131/15, [2016] EUECJ C-131/15
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 41
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Human Rights

Updated: 27 January 2022; Ref: scu.572571